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A/N - Sorry it took so long! Hectic week! Hope to get CH11 Up quicker!
It was late Sunday night and Aaron had been sitting in the living room with Jackson for the past hour. He had turned up after dropping Harry off at the airport and that had been three hours ago.
"Where's Lucy?" Jackson asks, breaking the silence
Without looking at him Aaron shrugs "Room I think, don't think she went out"
"Does she usually sit in her room on her own?"
Again without looking Aaron shrugs, he's too busy watching the film on TV. It just feels good and normal having Jackson next to him
"Aaron!" Jackson says in a demanding tone to get his attention. He pulls his eyes off the TV and lands them on Jackson "What?" he asks, a smirk playing at his lips "Wanna go to bed?"
Jackson rolls his eyes "is that all you think about?"
Aaron is quick to shake his head "No!" he states defending himself "I think about the shower too" he grins "and when she goes to school, I'm thinking all over this house"
All Jackson can do is laugh; Aaron obviously has given this some thought. Aaron leans forward and his lips brush lightly over Jackson, when he pulls back there's genuine smile on his face "I'm really glad you're here"
Jackson cups the back of his neck and runs his hand up and down over his head. He still shaves it and it still looks as good as it did all those years ago. Their faces are inches apart and Jackson smiles back "Me too" he admits because he is. When Harry's holiday had been arranged Jackson was looking forward to spending as much time with Aaron as possible. He did have to work still but at least he'd be coming home to him every night.
Aaron's hand had just found its way onto Jackson's thigh and his lips were closing the small distance between his and Jackson's when the sound of someone shuffling, loudly down the stairs stopped him. He pulled away with a groan and threw his head back again the couch. He really needed to get him into the bedroom, where they wouldn't be disturbed.
Without stopping Lucy walked straight into the living room without looking up and made herself at home inbetween the two of them.
Aaron looked at the top of Lucy's head then to Jackson who was laughing to himself.
"Comfy?" Aaron says in a sarcastic tone and Lucy presses herself closer to him and nods "Just thought I'd come see you before I go to bed" she tells him and Aaron nods. It's unlike her but if it's what she wants, then he's not going to say anything.
Lucy looks at Jackson and smiles, from her place against Aaron "How long is Harry away for?"
"Just a week" he tells her, shuffling so he's further away from her, he doesn't want them to be squashed so close together, it could become awkward.
After ten minutes Lucy gets up and walks back out of the living room, throwing a "night" over her shoulder as she does so.
As soon as he hears her feet land on the top stair Aaron is once again closing the gap between himself and Jackson "Now" he says "where we were?"
A hand on his chest stops him from leaning into Jackson and he lifts his eyebrows "What's wrong?"
Jackson gave him a look but Aaron was confused "What?" he asks with a shrug "She's not happy about this" Jackson says simply
"Who?"
Jackson rolls his eyes, sometimes Aaron could be really, really stupid "Lucy" he tells him "she's not happy that I'm here"
Aaron scoffs at that "She loves you" he tells him and Jackson nods "Maybe but she doesn't love the fact I'm with you or that I'm here right now, I thought you asked her?"
"I did" Aaron assures him "She's fine with it" he tells him, trying once again to close the distance between them but is stopped by him once again "she's not Aaron" Jackson knew when someone had a problem with him.
"Look, she's my daughter. I think I'll know. If she had a problem with you being here she'd tell me, she'd tell us, trust me"
"And what was that?" he asks
"Her sitting between us?" Aaron asks and Jackson nods "She does that from time to time…I think it's a girl thing"
Jackson isn't convinced but this time when Aaron leans in, he doesn't push him away. Instead he gives himself to the kiss and allows Aaron to push him back against the soft cushions of the couch.
Monday
When Jackson opens his eyes, he's a little disorientated and doesn't know where he is but after a few seconds, the memories come flooding back to him and he knows where he is. Especially when he hears Lucy's voice coming in from the hallway "Dad! I need in!" she exclaimed banging on a door, a door Jackson assumed was the bathroom.
A few minutes later the bedroom door was opened and in walked Aaron. His eyes fell immediately on Jackson "You're awake, finally" he says with a roll of his eyes.
"You could have woken me up"
Aaron shrugs "I would have, eventually"
"What time is it?"
"Quarter past eight" Aaron says as he pulls on boxers and a pair of jeans. Jackson jumps out of the bed as fast as he can "damn it!" he swears "What?" Aaron asks
"I've got be somewhere at half past!"
He's pushing Aaron out the way and fumbling in the bag he brought with him for clean clothes "Well" Aaron starts in a sarcastic tone "if you'd told me that"
Jackson nods "I know, I know" he kisses him quickly "not blaming you" he promises.
He pulls on his clothes as quick as he can and runs from the room "catch you later" he tells as he slams the front door.
In the end Jackson was ten minutes late for his job but it was all good because he ended up getting it done and dusted a lot sooner than expected.
He arrived back at Aaron's at just after 2pm in the day. Aaron had given him set of keys on Sunday so he just let himself in.
"Anyone home?" he called as he dropped his van and the house keys onto the table just by the door. He received no reply; obviously no one was at home.
He needed a shower, desperately. He hadn't had time to have one in the morning and after his activities the previous night and working all morning, he needed one.
He climbed the stairs to the bathroom and pulled his clothes off as he went.
Aaron had just left the garage and was on his way to the Café for something to eat when he noticed Jackson's van parked outside his house. A quick detour and Aaron is walking through the front door "Jackson?" he calls out but when he doesn't receive a reply he hears the shower going.
Noticing the keys on the side and remembering their conversation on Friday night about something being wrong with the van Aaron snatches the keys up and heads back out the door. Stopping to grab himself something to eat from the Café before starting the van up and taking it to the garage.
It was 2:45pm by the time Jackson had showered, dressed and made himself something to eat. He was at a loose end. It wasn't his house, not that he felt uncomfortable in it, far from it he just didn't know what to do.
Without looking he snatched the keys from the sidetable and walked out the front door. It wasn't until the front door had closed and that he realised something was different, missing.
Looking down at the keys in his hand he only found the house keys, no van keys. His face scrunched up in confusion, where had his keys and his van disappeared too?
Just then, before he could start panicking, his phone rang. It was Aaron.
"Hey"
"Missing something?" Aaron asks and suddenly Jackson feels a whole lot better "You could've flipping told me" he doesn't even have to ask what Aaron is referring to, he knows.
"You were busy"
"Uh…you could have shouted my name" Jackson retorts as his feet start moving him in the direction of the garage.
"I did" Aaron tells him "but you didn't hear me"
Jackson is already at the foot of the garage and he ends the phone call and calls out "You could have tried harder"
Aaron hears the line going dead then notices Jackson calling out to him as he walks up the drive. Aaron heads towards him "Well, I didn't" he tells him
Jackson's eyebrows pull together, he's confused "What you doing with my van? Taking it for a joyride?"
Aaron scoffs "That heap of crap? No"
Jackson puts on a wounded look "Don't talk about my van like that" he tells him "there's nothing wrong with my van"
Aaron rolls his eyes and scoffs "Well we'll see what's wrong with it soon enough" he smiles "want a pint while we're waiting?"
Jackson gives him a look "Who's looking at the van?"
"Chris" Aaron says, already taking a step away from the garage but Jackson grabs his arm, stopping him "Why is Chris looking at it?"
"Nowt else on?" Aaron tells him, confused as to what the question actually meant.
Jackson shakes his head "I mean, why aren't you?"
Aaron smirks "Why have a dog and bark yourself?"
Jackson frowns and Aaron sighs "What?" he asks, closing the distance between them "What's wrong?"
"Why aren't you doing it?" he questions again "cause he can?" Aaron offers
"Well I'm paying"
Aaron is quick to shake his head "No, your not"
"Yes I am" Jackson states "I'm not letting him spend all day fixing my van and not paying for it"
"I pay him" Aaron reminds him but Jackson couldn't care less. He's not having some kid work on his van all day and not paying for it. It doesn't seem fair.
With a sigh and a roll of his eyes Aaron relents "You're buying me as much Coffee as I can drink" he states as he heads back inside the garage
"Chris, knock off early if you want"
Chris pulls his head out of the engine and looks at Aaron "What? Why?"
Jackson appears at the side of him "Don't question him, just grab your stuff" he tells Chris "He's paying you for the rest of the day too"
Chris' eyes widen "Really?" he asks looking at Aaron and Aaron is glaring at Jackson, who has a smile on his face "Yeah, really" Aaron says through clenched teeth
"Cheers boss" Chris says slapping him on the shoulder then grabbing his bag.
Aaron watches as Chris walks away from the garage "What the hell was that?" he demands to know and Jackson shrugs
"Did you see how happy he was? Kinda cute"
"You just told him I was paying him for the rest of the day" Aaron states "Yeah"
"Why?"
"Thought it would be a nice thing for you to do"
Aaron shakes his head and laughs; he can't believe Jackson sometimes "You better make that up to me"
"As much Coffee as you want" Jackson promises but Aaron is shaking his head "Oh no, this will cost you much more than Coffee" he smirks and Jackson gets the message "Oh!" he says with a smile "We'll see"
"Heap of crap, get yourself a new one!" Aaron says as he walks into the back room of the garage where Jackson was, because he got bored of watching Aaron work. He had been working on the van for just over an hour and a half.
Jackson drops the paper he was reading down onto the desk and looks at his boyfriend "You didn't find out what was wrong with it then?"
Aaron gives him a look and rolls his eyes "Of course I did" he tells him in a cocky manner "I'm amazing!"
Jackson rolls his eyes
"Just saying, buy a new one"
Jackson stands up "I'll keep that in mind" he tells him with a small smile "time to close up shop?" he asks as his eyes flick between Aaron's mouth and eyes.
"I think I could do that" Aaron tells him as the distance between them closes.
Their lips are millimetres apart, lips almost touching when "AARON! JACKSON!" echoes through the garage.
Aaron growls and Jackson pulls away, eyebrows lifted and an amused expression on his face "we're wanted!" he says slapping his hands against Aaron's chest, turning him around and pushing him out of the office door.
They've just stepped through the office door when they come face to face with Ryan and Adam
"What you two up to?" Adam asks
"Aaron here was just fixing my van" Jackson explains
"Not charging your own boyfriend, are you Aaron?" Ryan asks and Aaron rolls his eyes "Aren't you mean to be at the Hotten garage?" Aaron retorts
"All sorted" Ryan tells him "Unlike you…" he glances at Jackson and grins "I don't have any distractions while at work"
The four of them head out of the garage and Aaron pulls down the shutter while he closes up "Coming for a pint?" Ryan asks them and Jackson looks at Aaron, waiting for him to answer.
Aaron shakes his head "I can't" he nods at Jackson "Can't speak for him though"
"Why can't you?" Adam queries
"Uh…Lucy, remember her?"
Adam nods "You mean Lucy that Victoria picked up and took to ours earlier? That Lucy? The Lucy that's staying at mine so we can get drunk? That Lucy"
Aaron knows when he's beat and he laughs "Pub it is then" he agrees and the four of them set off. Adam and Ryan walking a little in front of them while Aaron and Jackson hold back.
Jackson nudges Aaron with his shoulder "Don't worry…you'll get me all alone later plus no kids to worry about" he grins and Aaron just makes a noise before saying "By then I'll probably be too legless to do anything" he looks at Jackson to see an amused look in his face and laughs "Shut up" he tells him
"Wasn't going to say a word" Jackson says as the two of them catch up with Adam and Ryan.
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